Partners & Sponsors

S-Lab has been primarily funded by grants from HEFCE and other university funding bodies, and by sponsorship of its Conferences and other events. Our 2016 sponsors are Romero UK Ltd / Premier Laboratory Systems (Platinum), AECOM, BDP, Critical Airflow, Salix Finance, and Schneider Electric. See below for more details of each.

S-Lab also benefits from support from the following professional and sector bodies:

Higher Education Academy (HEA) champions excellent learning and teaching in higher education. They are a national and independent organisation, funded by the four UK HE funding bodies and by subscriptions and grants.

Institute of Physics (IOP) is a leading scientific society. IOP is a charitable organisation with a worldwide membership of more than 45,000, working together to advance physics education, research and application.

Institute of Science and Technology (IST) is a Professional Body for Specialist, Technical and Managerial Staff, committed to developing help/advice networks, skills training, specialist forums, recognised qualifications, continuing career development opportunities and guidance.

JISC - a registered charity and champion the use of digital technologies in UK education and research.

MRC - The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded organisation dedicated to improving human health. They support research across the entire spectrum of medical sciences, in universities and hospitals, in their own units, centres and institutes in the UK, and in units in Africa.

Royal Academy of Engineering (RAENG), Britain’s national academy for engineering, bringing together the country’s most eminent engineers from all disciplines to promote excellence in the science, art and practice of engineering.

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Supported by a worldwide network of members and an international publishing business, the RSC's activities span education, conferences, science policy and the promotion of chemistry to the public.

Society of Biology is a single unified voice for biology: advising Government and influencing policy; advancing education and professional development; supporting their members, and engaging and encouraging public interest in the life sciences.

The Science Council The Science Council is a membership organisation that brings together learned societies and professional bodies across science and its applications

VWRAt VWR we specialise in offering a unique range of sustainability services. Our dedicated team works closely with customers, sharing the latest industry information to help you achieve your goals to lower running costs, reduce CO2 emissions and waste.

Gold Sponsors

AECOM’s specialist Science & Innovation team work with clients across the life-cycle of their buildings and estate - from business case support and pre-construction advice, masterplanning and consulting on the successful delivery of new and refurbished laboratory projects through to improving the environmental and scientific performance of current facilities. Our projects span the public and private sectors and include university teaching and research laboratories; incubators; pharmaceutical, charitable and government research facilities; and commercial science parks. By drawing on our experience within the UK and international scientific communities, and our global network of experts across 150 countries, we bring best practice and add value to every project, large or small.

BDPis a collective of architects, designers, engineers and urbanists employing almost 1,000 people internationally. Established in 1961 and acclaimed with 1,000 awards for design quality, we combine expertise across the academic, commercial and healthcare sectors to produce innovative masterplans and buildings for science, research and technology where high-tech considerations never eclipse the fundamental drivers of wellbeing and social interaction. We collaborate with public and private sector clients to design sustainable, interactive and flexible environments which foster and inspire scientific discovery for universities, top pharmaceutical companies and science parks. Our cost effective solutions respond to complex briefs for refurbishment or new build laboratories which synthesise functional excellence with enhanced energy performance and exceptional attention to detail.

Boost Labcareare a UKAS accredited laboratory with over 25 years of experience in laboratory support. In today’s climate of strict traceability providing validation of process and control is a vital requirement in a wide range of industries including pharma, clinical and food. To ensure all standards are being met the use of air samplers, autoclaves combined with biological and chemical indicators are just a few methods used to ensure strict compliance. Boost Labcare supply these products backed up with a wealth of experience in this field. In addition Boost Labcare can offer maintenance, validation and service of equipment to ensure optimum performance ensuring reliable and meaningful results.

Critical Air Flowspecialises in airflow control for laboratories and other critical spaces requiring accurate, repeatable, reliable and SAFE airflows. Our systems ensure the environmental integrity of key facilities, providing safe, energy efficient, solutions, based on proven products developed by Phoenix Controls, Strobic Air Corporation and Aircuity. The Aircuity demand-based ventilation system will be described in a conference session. Through these different technologies we can optimise laboratory airflows to save energy and improve safety, with low life-cycle cost and attractive return on investment. Our customers include leading universities, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, government research facilities and industrial corporations.

KSG Health Ltd are the importer and distributor of Genano® air purification devices for the UK market. The UK business development of these devices started in 2008, on behalf of the manufacturer Genano Group, Finland. To move the UK market to the next level, KSG Health Ltd has taken over the business in 2017. Genano’s unique technology removes particles down to nanometre size from indoor air, eliminates microbes, such as viruses, bacteria and moulds, and removes also gases and odours. The devices serve laboratories, cleanrooms, hospitals, commercial and education premises, and more.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of $17 billion, and more than 50,000 employees in 50 countries. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity. Through our premier brands – Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services – we offer an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and comprehensive support.

NB S-Lab is a laboratory owner/operator/user focused initiative which is impartial between suppliers and will not act in ways which jeopardise this status. Our business model is to charge exhibitors, sponsors and commercial delegates as much as we can in order to make our events free or low cost for university and other laboratory owners and operators.